Total Hip Replacement

1 Introduction.- 2 Methodology.- 2.1 Statistical Survey Comparing Patients Followed Up with Patients Later Lost to Follow-up.- 2.2 In-depth Research on Patients Lost to Follow-up.- 3 The Development of Total Hip Replacement.- 3.1 The Different Total Hip Prostheses Used at Cochin.- 3.2 The McKee-Merle d'Aubigné Prosthesis.- 3.3 The Low-friction Band Prosthesis.- 3.4 The Charnley Prosthesis.- 3.5 The Charnley-Kerboul Prosthesis.- 4 The Routine Operation.- 4.1 Indications for Total Hip Replacement and Preparation of the Patient for Surgery.- 4.2 The Psychiatrist's View Point.- 4.3 The Cardiologist and the Candidate for Total Hip Replacement.- 4.4 Technical Preparation Prior to Total Hip Arthroplasty - The Choice of the Prosthesis.- 4.5 Standard Technique for Total Hip Arthroplasty in Uncomplicated Osteoarthritis.- 4.6 Postoperative Management and Follow-up.- 5 Results with the Charnley-Kerboul Prosthesis.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Results in Osteoarthrosis.- 5.3 Necrosis of the Femoral Head.- 5.4 Total Hip Replacement in Ankylosing Spondylitis.- 5.5 Total Hip Replacement in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 5.7 Total Hip Replacement for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip.- 6 Aseptic Complications Following Total Hip Replacement.- 6.1 Ossification.- 6.2 Complications of Trochanterotomy.- 6.3 Dislocation Following Total Hip Replacement.- 6.4 Radiological Methods of Assessing the Orientation of the Components.- 6.5 Aseptic Loosening Among Charnley-type Prostheses.- 7 Revision Surgery for Aseptic Loosening of Total Hip Replacement - Acetabular Reconstruction.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Problems Related to the Acetabulum.- 7.3 The Femoral Stage of Total Hip Revision.- 7.4 Acetabular Reconstruction by Homograft as a Part of Total Hip Revision.- 7.5 Result of Revision of Aseptic TotalArthroplasty.- 7.6 Conclusions.- 8 Infective Complications of Total Hip Replacement.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 The Patients.- 8.3 Early Infection.- 8.4 Acute Infection of Late Onset.- 8.5 Diagnosis of Chronic Infection.- 8.6 Histopathology and the Diagnosis of Infection.- 8.7 Methods of Treatment.- 8.8 Results of Treatment of Chronic Infection.- 8.9 Development of Treatment of Chronic Infection in Total Hip Replacement - Present Indications.- 8.10 Prevention of Infection.- 9 The Future of the Polyethylene Cup.- 9.1 Measurement of Wear.- 9.2 Incidence of Wear.- 9.3 Association of Wear with Abnormalities of Fixation.- 9.4 Response of the Femur.- 10 Response of Local Tissue to Total Hip Replacement.- 10.1 Newly Developed Structures Around the Joint.- 10.2 Wear Products and Their Identification.- 10.3 The Bone-cement Interface and Aseptic Loosening.- 11 Conclusions.- 12 Subject Index.